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How to start a FIRST team
August 19, 2017 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Thinking of starting a FIRST LEGO League or FIRST LEGO League Junior team? Please join our seminar to learn all about FIRST coaching. This informational seminar also is available on August 5.
The schedule:
FLL JR (K – 3rd grade) 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
FLL (4th – 8th grade) 10:15 a.m. – noon
Come to learn about one or both programs.
Please RSVP here with the date, session (time), number attending, and school or area you are representing.
Topics covered:
- Overview of the program
- What does the season look like?
- How to register a team
- Youth Protection Program
- What it costs to register and what you get.
- Typical budget and what you need – supplies, equipment, tools
- How to get funding
- What does a typical meeting look like.
- What functions you need to fill as adults
- Where to go for help
- Questions/Answers
NOTE: This seminar is not the annual FLL Coach’s Workshop. The FLL Coach’s Workshop will be in September for registered FLL coaches and will be in depth on this year’s challenge, the judged categories, programming and building the robot. It is an all-day workshop. More information to come.